I am definitely not a camper .. but if I had a cute little camper like this maybe I would be :)

I added a piece of black gingham to the back of this picnic basket ..I just put 3 dots of hot glue in the back and stuck it on ..it will peel right off if I want to change it.

I got the pedestal frame at Michael's.. added a piece of black gingham to the back ( mounted on sticky needlework board) .. and I use a magnet on the gingham with a small piece of sheet metal on the back of the cross stitched piece ( also mounted on sticky needlework board). So it is very easy to change them out every month..and they take up very little room to store them..

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Monday, July 27, 2015

Good Morning and a Happy Monday to you!
My seasonal chalkboard is now sporting a new look !

This was the patriotic design that was up for about a month and a half.. hated to erase it!

This time of summer is all about sunflowers to me ..so sunflowers and a picket fence are perfect!

A couple bees and a little vine trailing around the fence ..and a pretty sun to shine on the sunflowers..

This photo was taken in my sunflower patch by my daughter.. she grabbed my phone to take it .. isn't it gorgeous!

More and more sunflowers are opening every day .. I love all the colored ones.

Sunflowers ,zinnias and a Jack Russell :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Good morning!
I started this Prairie Schooler Summer piece a couple days ago..loving it so far ! Hope to get it finished soon since I don't have too many summery stitched pieces.
I have been working on my youngest sons Christmas stocking..

This was on May 3rd..

And here it is now. I try to work on it on the weekends, and work on other things through the week,.It will be beautiful once I finish stitching it and doing the backstitch !

a little ornament from Country Cottage Needleworks

The 2004 Santa from Prairie Schooler.. I have 3 left to stitch of the yearly ones, plus this years ...and then there will be no more !!!!
Have all of my stitchy friends heard about Prairie Schoolers retirement ?
I am happy for them but so sad that what we have is it!

My Prairie Schooler Santa tree..

Oh ,how I miss them already :(

Have a great day !

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Good Morning and Happy Monday!
I had a butterfly photobomber this morning!

Zinnia bouquet picked yesterday..Love all the varieties and the colors!

My sunflower patch is starting to bloom ! This spring I ripped out all the thorn less blackberry plants. We had 2 years of extreme cold and that made them not produce. So out they went ! I am hoping that eventually the red raspberry patch will take over this area..The sunflowers in the back are about 10 feet tall!

Red and black raspberries..

Potatoes from the pots I planted.. I have dug up three pots and gotten 5 pounds each..Still have 3 more to go!

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Friday, July 10, 2015

I finished my first ornament for 2015..I have stitched a lot but this is the first that is ready to hang on a tree! This is from the August issue of Just Cross Stitch and is from Hands On Design..

You know me and anything chalkboard! :) I mounted it on sticky needlework board , then mounted some black gingham ( on the bias ) love the way it looks that way .. on a separate sticky board ..glued the two together with a red check ribbon loop for hanging in between the pieces. Added a red check bow , and covered a button with black gingham and glued that on top of the bow. Do you love it ?!?

Here is my progress on Santa's Flight stocking.. it is getting there ..at this point I just want to get it done! There is still a long way to go !

If you read my blog regularly you know I love Christmas ...so I thought I would add a few of my favorite house pics from last Christmas ..

The dining room..

The kitchen ..

the family room ..with hopefully a new stocking to replace the one second from the right this year :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

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